diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/zotero.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/zotero.js
index d0260f2e86..72e515a9c9 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/zotero.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/zotero.js
@@ -1338,17 +1338,16 @@ Services.scriptloader.loadSubScript("resource://zotero/polyfill.js");
 		}
 		
 		try {
-			var locale = appLocale.getCategory('NSILOCALE_COLLATE');
 			// Extract a valid language tag
-			locale = locale.match(/^[a-z]{2}(\-[A-Z]{2})?/)[0];
-			var collator = new Intl.Collator(locale, {
+			appLocale = appLocale.match(/^[a-z]{2}(\-[A-Z]{2})?/)[0];
+			var collator = new Intl.Collator(appLocale, {
 				ignorePunctuation: true,
 				numeric: true,
 				sensitivity: 'base'
 			});
 		}
 		catch (e) {
-			Zotero.debug(e, 1);
+			Zotero.logError(e);
 			
 			// If there's an error, just skip sorting
 			collator = {